VVA 5th grade Oceans Quiz - Part 1

The steep slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.

• continental shelf

• guyot

• continental slope

• trench

The shallow underwater edge of a continent.

• continental slope

• trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

• a rift zone
• an abyssal plain
• a seamount
• an oceanic trench

The amount of salt found in water is -

• temperature
• salinity
• pollution
• clarity

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What covers 70% of the earth's surface

• Ocean

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Ponds

Which word descries how deep the water is in a given location

• Ocean Trench

• Sediment

• Depth

• Abyssal Plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As depth increases..........

• Things become shallow

• temperature decreases, pressure increases, and light decreases

• It is more salty

• An Ocean Current

Warm water surface current located on the coast (Gulf of Mexico)

• Gulf Stream

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

gently sloping shelf of land extending from the shoreline to the continental edge

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain